 Thomas A. Fischer (CSO STILL GmbH) and Nikolaus Michelsen (CFO STILL GmbH) received the IFOY Award for the RX 70 Hybrid from Prof. Dr. Michael ten Hompel. |
Hamburg/Munich - Best in class! On 4 June 2013, in the context of the international "Transport Logistics" trade fair in Munich, the
STILL RX 70 Hybrid was honored with the
International Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Award, which is being presented for the first time.
The Hybrid forklift drove to a sovereign test victory in the category for counterbalanced forklift trucks up to 3.5 tons, the "premier class in the competition", as Prof. Dr. Michael ten Hompel from the Fraunhofer Institute stressed in his laudation speech. The jury assessed the nominated forklifts based on the factors of Innovation and Technology, Design, Ergonomics and Handling, Safety, Economy and Sustainability. For this purpose the nominated vehicles were required to undergo a week of extensive tests on the trade fair site in Hanover in March.
The decisive factors in choosing the
RX 70 Hybrid, which is 95 percent fabricated from recyclable materials, were said to be its higher degree of innovation, which made it clearly superior compared to other combustion engine forklifts mainly with regard to operating costs, and on the subject of efficiency it performed up to 30% more economically than its rivals. A total package of economy, environmental friendliness and user friendliness, which convinced the jurors from eight countries. The international jury's reasoning says: "As the first diesel forklift truck with energy recovery and electric power transmission, the RX 70 Hybrid sets standards in forklift truck development and takes the balance between ecology and economy into a new era. With the RX 70 Hybrid,
STILL meets the requirement for economy and sustainability in an optimum way, and thus also satisfies the demand for energy-efficient machines. This innovation represents a considerable benefit to users."
 The Award of the premier class, the IFOY Award for the RX 70 Hybrid in the category for counterbalanced forklift trucks up to 3.5 tons. |
The IFOY Award was awarded for the first time this year and is under the patronage of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. The award is presented by the Association for Materials Handling and Logistical Systems in the German Machinery and Plant Manufacturing Association (VDMA).
The non-profit organization presents awards to the year's best industrial trucks and solutions in four categories. The aim is to document in this way both the achievement and the innovative power of the industrial truck sector, and also to contribute to improving the public's image of the entire intralogistics industry. The winners are chosen by an independent jury consisting of internationally renowned specialist journalists from Europe's leading logistics media.
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